The damaged brains

Chapter 21 - Reckless .

 

  I got inside the house , took a pen and a sheet  of paper and wrote down a letter telling them not to worry about me and that I will soon be back not mentioning my destination ,  then I made sure to put it somewhere visibale enough for the first one who wakes up the next morning .

It was allready after midnight when I grabbed Cassandra's car keys . The only thought I had on my mind was to see Ian , and I'd do anything to reach him.

It was a long journey , the roads were abandoned .. even the infected ones weren't anywhere to be found . For now the woods were the most dangerous place to be , so it was safe for me to drive in the night time.

I have never visited the Ashton Valley , it wasn't somewhere you go as a tourist or somewhere you go to have fun , it was a dangerous place for an average person like myself . But Ian was there and being with him would make me feel safe and alive again .

I knew that I acted reckless , what if Ian wasnt there , then I will find myself lost in between the mountains and probably the infected ones are allready there hunting down the living animals .

Something deep in my heart kept me optimistic , it was a long time since I felt the flames of hopes sneacking into my ill-fated heart .. I felt myself rising from the ashes .

The Ashton Valley in 50 miles , the road sign shone under the car's light . I was so close to him , the thought of it made me so happy , I drove my hopefull spirit fatser down the road .

The sun was allready about to rise when I got there , I drove down a slippery road , the car wouldnt fit in the narrow path so I used my feet .

Pretty much all I could see was the fields tucked between the hills , and in the far end I barely could see a barn .. an old abandoned barn .. I couldnt spot anyone , nor anything else , just an empty barn under the grey morning sky .

I kept walking slowly down the muddy and sticky path . I was pretty sure I saw something move then I thought it was only in my head .. I hadn't sleep last night after all and I felt tired and dizzy . 

I was sure of it this time though , beyond the distance barn something really did move . I tried to focus , maybe it was just a wild animal , but the movement I had seen in the distance was not of an animal's it was a human being's .. a man's .

I lost my balance , stambled and fell in the mud making my whole clothes covered with dirt . Oh crap ! I came all this way to see my lover and now if he is here and Im really going to meet him I'm all covered in mud .. what a lovely surprise that would be Emma , good job you idiot !

I struggled for minutes to get my weight up the sticky mud , and when I did the man whome I saw moving earlier in the distance wasn't that far from me now .. actually he was standing right in front of me .